"I knew Charlie as a man and not simply as a musical genius. Jeff portrays the Charlie I knew." Widow, Doris Parker
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About Live Bird

Live Bird is a one-man show celebrating the life of jazz legend Charlie “Bird” Parker. The play is set in a bar in Harlem, NY the summer of 1947. Bird talks about his days in Kansas City, Missouri to imaginary characters, imitates Lester Young and plays some of his own songs.

 

 
About Jeff Robinson
St. Louis, MO. native, playwright, actor, director and musician Jeff Robinson was nominated for Best Actor by the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for his portrayal of Charlie Parker in the play. Jeff was nominated for a “Best Actor” award by IRNE for his performance as the Stage Manager in the Wheelock Family Theatre production of “Our Town.” He has appeared in many plays, films and commercials.

He has directed several plays including Pearl Cleage's "Blues for an Alabama Sky" which he received an IRNE nomination for Best Director. Robinson directed Craig Lucas’s “Reckless” for Theatre Zone and also his self-scripted “Alley Cats” at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, MA. with the Baldwin Theatre Company

He is an alumni of Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA were he studied with saxophonist Bill Pierce and George Garzone. He has studied theatre at the New Theatre Conservatory in Boston and privately with Oleg Tabakov, who is the artistic director of the famed Moscow Art Theatre Company. He has studied with the lengendary voice and Shakespeare scholar Kristin Linklater. His band the Jeff Robinson Trio, perform in the Boston, NY area. >>> more info on Jeff


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